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    Shannon M. Bates, MDCM, MSc

    Professor
    Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Shannon M. Bates MDCM, MSc is a hematologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her clinical and academic interests are in venous thromboembolism, with a focus on thrombosis issues in women. Dr. Bates has published over 125 peer-review manuscripts and given over 150 invited presentations. She was lead author for the chapter examining the use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy in the 7th, 8th and 9th editions of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidence-Based Clinical-Practice Guidelines for Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy and for a new chapter examining the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis for the 9th edition of those guidelines. She was the Chair of the 2018 American Society of Hematology Guideline Panel on VTE in the context of pregnancy and a member of the panel on VTE diagnosis. On January 1, 2014, Dr. Bates was named McMaster University’s Eli Lilly Canada/May Cohen Chair in Women’s Health. She is the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Area of Focused Competence Committee in Adult Thrombosis Medicine and Co-Editor in Chief of Thrombosis Research.

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